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Step 4Door
Carefully cut out where you have marked the door using an angle grinder.
Once cut, remove the section you have cut out, and position in the opening where the door should go.
Offer up the hinge, and test how the door opens. Move it until the door opens well, and doesn't catch too much on the bottle.
Once you have found the correct place, clamp the hinge to the door and weld it in place. You may need to remove the door from the opening to do this, so mark where the hinge is going on the door so you don't lose it's position.
With the hinge on the door, place the door back in the opening, and weld the other side of the hinge to the bottle, making sure the door will open and close without catching too much.
Weld a section of steel, doesn't matter what size, to the other side of the door from the hinge, so that the door cannot go inside of the bottle.
For the latch, drill a hole through the scrap section of metal, and bolt to the door, with another bolt on the bottle for the metal to latch on to.
The metal will need a section cut out so that it will latch onto the bolt. Then weld a bolt or other section of metal onto the middle of the latch, bend it 90 degrees, and this will be the handle.
Once cut, remove the section you have cut out, and position in the opening where the door should go.
Offer up the hinge, and test how the door opens. Move it until the door opens well, and doesn't catch too much on the bottle.
Once you have found the correct place, clamp the hinge to the door and weld it in place. You may need to remove the door from the opening to do this, so mark where the hinge is going on the door so you don't lose it's position.
With the hinge on the door, place the door back in the opening, and weld the other side of the hinge to the bottle, making sure the door will open and close without catching too much.
Weld a section of steel, doesn't matter what size, to the other side of the door from the hinge, so that the door cannot go inside of the bottle.
For the latch, drill a hole through the scrap section of metal, and bolt to the door, with another bolt on the bottle for the metal to latch on to.
The metal will need a section cut out so that it will latch onto the bolt. Then weld a bolt or other section of metal onto the middle of the latch, bend it 90 degrees, and this will be the handle.
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Aug 8, 2010. 7:05 AMpdtnc
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With a bit of thinking out I bet one of these might make an Interesting greenhouse heater.
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